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Orchid Species: Dendrobium pierardii

Kew currently accepted name is Dendrobium aphyllum

Dendrobium pierardii is an orchid species identified by Roxb. ex Hook. in 1822. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dendrobium aphyllum.
Genus
Dendrobium (Den.)
Grex
pierardii
(traditional Sander nomenclature)
Parents
Species
Author
Roxb. ex Hook.
Year
1822
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ORIGIN: Found in Hainan China, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, India, Maldive Islands, Nepal, Sri Lanka, western Himalayas, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi and Queensland Australia.

DESCRIPTION: A large sized, hot to cool growing, epiphytic and occasional lithophytic species often refered to As D pierardii or D cucullatum [and is a pink flower] that occurs at altitudes of 150 to 1800 meters in evergreen lowland forests and primary montane forests with slender, pendulous, leafy stems carrying linear-lanceolate or narrowly ovate, acuminate, deciduous leaves that blooms almost at any time of the year but the most common is in the winter and spring with a short inflorescence that arises from the nodes of older leafless canes having 1 to 3, fragrant, shortlived, fragile flowers, clustered close to the cane that are strongly scented of violets.

FLOWER SIZE: 1 to 2 inches [2.5 to 5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Epidendrum Epi aphyllum 1810 (Roxb.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck
Add+ Callista Callista aphylla 1891 (Roxb.) Kuntze
Add+ Dendrobium Den cucullatum 1821 Roxb. ex R.Br.
Add+ Dendrobium Den machostachyum Lindley [Baker]
Add+ Dendrobium Den madrasense 1963 A.D.Hawkes
Add+ Dendrobium Den oxyphyllum 1950 Gagnep.
Add+ Pierardia Pier bicolor 1838 Raf.
Add+ Dendrobium Den aphyllum 1928 (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch. in J.S.Gamble
Add+ Limodorum Limo aphyllum 1795 Roxb.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Den. aphyllum 'Aunt Alma' (2 awards from 2008 to 2018) Den. aphyllum 'Strub' (2 awards in 2016) Den. aphyllum 'Jakob' (2 awards in 2013) Den. aphyllum 'Marburg' (2018) Den. aphyllum 'Raymond' (2016) Den. aphyllum 'Ngahape' (2016) Den. aphyllum 'Niep' (2015) Den. aphyllum 'Jocelyn' (2014) Den. aphyllum 'Jasper' (2012) Den. aphyllum 'Wanda Byrd' (2008) Den. aphyllum 'Roc' (2008) Den. aphyllum 'Nancy' (2001) Den. aphyllum 'Lantinifolia' (1999)
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